Janet Goodman is running to retain the seat on the Covington City Council, that she first was elected to in 1978. Who is Janet Goodman: Janet Goodman was first elected to the City Council in 1978. A graduate of Clark College in Atlanta and Lewis Business School in Detroit, Michigan, Goodman worked for The Covington News for 18 years, before taking a job with the Newton County Board of Education as Media Clerk at Newton High School.